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they have to connect with the medicaid and the federal data carriershub and with across the country. with that, i will give you background on what we did in utah. past that08, you top you top past -- utah passed to build an exchange. tool thatprovide a employers could use to help mitigate the rising cost of health care in utah. one of the ways they did that was by establishing a contribution a marketplace which would allow employers to provide their employees with a set dollar amount that they could use to go into the exchange and purchase any health plan that roosevelt will. it provided -- planet that was available. -- plan that was available. it provided more choices and portability. if they moved from one job to another, they can take their plan. it had been very successful. they have defaulted to the federal marketplace for the individual exchange attempting given a waiver for the shop exchange in utah. with healthcare.gov, what happened? why did we see such a miserable launch? there are two things that really .peak to the failure one was the lack of time to build and test. one o
they have to connect with the medicaid and the federal data carriershub and with across the country. with that, i will give you background on what we did in utah. past that08, you top you top past -- utah passed to build an exchange. tool thatprovide a employers could use to help mitigate the rising cost of health care in utah. one of the ways they did that was by establishing a contribution a marketplace which would allow employers to provide their employees with a set dollar amount that they...
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i want to ask met come in your snapshot you said you think medicaid data may be taking a want to get a better sense of that. are using different people enroll now and you saw previously? given that the enrollment data has not been, didn't come it's been delayed because of account transfer problems, are you concerned about how solid hhs data might be? you expressed some concerns that some people who enroll or people who applied were i could already enrolled in medicaid. so how solid is the hhs data, and for mila, i'm wondering, something people here might be carries about is, do you envision any way at all people who have been assigned to go to help link to be able to go back if they want? >> so, to the first question, in terms of the data and you're right, the inability to actually do account transfers is not yet fully functional. it will come. not sure win. i don't know that's a catastrophe. i don't know that's a crisis. the issue i think you're getting at a ransom the data which is also the batch files that are common across, it's really more of a system hhs of here's who we think
i want to ask met come in your snapshot you said you think medicaid data may be taking a want to get a better sense of that. are using different people enroll now and you saw previously? given that the enrollment data has not been, didn't come it's been delayed because of account transfer problems, are you concerned about how solid hhs data might be? you expressed some concerns that some people who enroll or people who applied were i could already enrolled in medicaid. so how solid is the hhs...
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i want to ask met come in your snapshot you said you think medicaid data may be taking a want to get a better sense of that. are using different people enroll now and you saw previously? given that the enrollment data has not been, didn't come it's been delayed because of account transfer problems, are you concerned about how solid hhs data might be? you expressed some concerns that some people who enroll or people who applied were i could already enrolled in medicaid. so how solid is the hhs data, and for mila, i'm wondering, something people here might be carries about is, do you envision any way at all people who have been assigned to go to help link to be able to go back if they want? >> so, to the first question, in terms of the data and you're right, the inability to actually do account transfers is not yet fully functional. it will come. not sure win. i don't know that's a catastrophe. i don't know that's a crisis. the issue i think you're getting at a ransom the data which is also the batch files that are common across, it's really more of a system hhs of here's who we think
i want to ask met come in your snapshot you said you think medicaid data may be taking a want to get a better sense of that. are using different people enroll now and you saw previously? given that the enrollment data has not been, didn't come it's been delayed because of account transfer problems, are you concerned about how solid hhs data might be? you expressed some concerns that some people who enroll or people who applied were i could already enrolled in medicaid. so how solid is the hhs...
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not only did the center for medicare and medicaid services fail to establish basic functionality, but healthcare.gov's flaws continue to pose a threat to the security of americans' perm data, and just on a personal note, when i went to healthcare.gov this morning, it was still not functional, but another website can tell me about plans available in my area. we know it was possible to do this. we are all wondering why it was not. thank you, mr. chairman, i'll yield back. >> the chair yields back. mr. waxman. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. the last six weeks have been a difficult one for supporters of the affordable care act. many were prevented from signing up for the coverage they now qualify, and it has been relentlessly exploited for political game by republican opponents of the law. i was interested to hear the dpraiz in the two republican statements. maybe in all of them. we don't want a third world website. i'll tell you what's third world. third world in this country is when we leave millions of people unable to get insurance because they can't afford it. no other industr
not only did the center for medicare and medicaid services fail to establish basic functionality, but healthcare.gov's flaws continue to pose a threat to the security of americans' perm data, and just on a personal note, when i went to healthcare.gov this morning, it was still not functional, but another website can tell me about plans available in my area. we know it was possible to do this. we are all wondering why it was not. thank you, mr. chairman, i'll yield back. >> the chair...
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we, again, are working with them around a monthly schedule so that they will confirm medicaid data and enrollment data, and we'll see the real numbers at the end of the month and make sure that the -- they are available to the public, but everything we hear is that they see the same demand, they are eager to enroll folks, and that that is going smoothly. >> and what do you think this success shows about the demand and the interest for affordable health insurance on the part of constituents? >> well, i don't think there's any question that in spite of a series of roadblocks and blockades, and a lot of misinformation driven by about a $400 million marketing campaign last year, americans are eager to see what their benefits may be under the law, what their opportunities are, how to get health security for themselves and their families, and we want to make sure that they see those benefits. the website is one of the ways to do that. the call center, on the ground enrollment, personal outreach, are a variety of ways, and i would tell your colleague, mr. congressman, i'd be happy to get you
we, again, are working with them around a monthly schedule so that they will confirm medicaid data and enrollment data, and we'll see the real numbers at the end of the month and make sure that the -- they are available to the public, but everything we hear is that they see the same demand, they are eager to enroll folks, and that that is going smoothly. >> and what do you think this success shows about the demand and the interest for affordable health insurance on the part of...
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serve as deputy chief operations officer, and i'm career civil servant with 20 years working at cms on medicaid systems of varying scales. of te marketplace of element and implementation to facilitate a marketplace eligibility systems and the data services. i work closely with the private sector's, contractors, building these i.t. components. i work closely with my colleagues who handle other id and policy aspects, including the center for insurance oversight, which manages the business operations and makes policy decisions. the chief information officer that oversees the account creation on healthcare.gov through management of a shared service call the enterprise identity management system, and the office of communications which is focused on the call center operations and healthcare.gov. to facilitate the various thects of the marketplace, andfacility for secure -- addition to the hub, cms contract with cgi federal to build the federal facilitated market the places to which consumers use to apply for health coverage through private qualified health plans inaffordability programs. access the s
serve as deputy chief operations officer, and i'm career civil servant with 20 years working at cms on medicaid systems of varying scales. of te marketplace of element and implementation to facilitate a marketplace eligibility systems and the data services. i work closely with the private sector's, contractors, building these i.t. components. i work closely with my colleagues who handle other id and policy aspects, including the center for insurance oversight, which manages the business...
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we, again, are working with them around a monthly schedule so that they will confirm medicaid data and enrollment data, and we'll see the real numbers at the end of the month and make sure that the -- they are available to the public, but everything we hear is that they see the same demand, they are eager to enroll folks, and that that is going smoothly. >> and what do you think this success shows about the demand and the interest for affordable health insurance on the part of constituents? >> well, i don't think there's any question that in spite of a series of roadblocks and blockades, and a lot of misinformation driven by about a $400 million marketing campaign last year, americans are eager to see what their benefits may be under the law, what their opportunities are, how to get health security for themselves and their families, and we want to make sure that they see those benefits. the website is one of the ways to do that. the call center, on the ground enrollment, personal outreach, are a variety of ways, and i would tell your colleague, mr. congressman, i'd be happy to get you
we, again, are working with them around a monthly schedule so that they will confirm medicaid data and enrollment data, and we'll see the real numbers at the end of the month and make sure that the -- they are available to the public, but everything we hear is that they see the same demand, they are eager to enroll folks, and that that is going smoothly. >> and what do you think this success shows about the demand and the interest for affordable health insurance on the part of...
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. -- the center for medicaid and medicare services are replacing data center services from verizon communication with services from hewlett-packard. mark's data center experienced issues in late october that caused outages across the system. another story that talks about the website" it white house -- talksanonymously about the white house and it quotes a white house official anonymously. allies,use asked including enrollment are good, the service employees international union and land use the site not so they can install a new address times when demand exceeds the sites capacity. this comes up as the november 30 takes place this saturday. thank you means a time to talk politics. this is sandra. she is on our independent line. caller: hello. of ank it is a little bit disgrace to ask the american people to do with the be, toent's work should do it for them. it is disgraceful to ask the american people to discuss the health care business on their greatest holiday. this is our country. the liberties we have here, nobody has it anyplace else. it has been taken away from us. you don't think talking
. -- the center for medicaid and medicare services are replacing data center services from verizon communication with services from hewlett-packard. mark's data center experienced issues in late october that caused outages across the system. another story that talks about the website" it white house -- talksanonymously about the white house and it quotes a white house official anonymously. allies,use asked including enrollment are good, the service employees international union and land...
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they need to connect with medicaid. they need to connect with the federal data service hub and carriers across the country. with that i will go ahead and give you a little bit of background on what we did in utah. so in 2007 and 2008, utah passed to the any willing language to build a health exchange, which is now known as the avenue age. the impetus was to provide a tool that employers could use to help mitigate the rising cost of health care in utah. one of the ways they did that was by establishing the contribution marketplace which would allow the employers to go by their employees with a set dollar amount every month that they could use to go into the exchange and purchase any health plan that was available in the exchange. it provided critics of the become a more options and more administrative cost to the employer and 40 employee to provide more choice, transparency and portability so if they move one job to another they could take their plan with them. it's been very successful. many of you know that utah has de
they need to connect with medicaid. they need to connect with the federal data service hub and carriers across the country. with that i will go ahead and give you a little bit of background on what we did in utah. so in 2007 and 2008, utah passed to the any willing language to build a health exchange, which is now known as the avenue age. the impetus was to provide a tool that employers could use to help mitigate the rising cost of health care in utah. one of the ways they did that was by...